aerospacefarmer
5 year old buck +
Yes 2 years ago one of my Bosc pear trees had FB but now it's producing small quantities of pears. The 2 trees next to it had nothing so you can decide based on those inputs
Just some apple pics
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H20fwler
5 year old buck +
I just ordered a bosc earlier today... I'm going to put in another dozen pear trees this fall to cover a few varieties I hadn't planted yet and because I'm hopelessly addicted to apple/pear trees now! Every time I point to a new spot and tell the wife I could fit a row of trees in here or there she just rolls her eyes.
chickenlittle
5 year old buck +
Here are a couple Florina Querina trees that I benchgrafted spring of 2015 with scionwood from Aero. The one on G222 has one apple. There are 3 apples on the much larger tree on P18. Both apples look very clean.
chickenlittle
5 year old buck +
Here is a Dabinett on B118 that I bought from Cummins in 2015. Hard to see the lowest branch sticking out toward the camera is completely defoliated. Found a horde of yellownecked caterpillars on this tree and cleaning out the top of a Centennial Crab. Smoked them with Pyrethrin but will need my dad to keep an eye out for more.
chickenlittle
5 year old buck +
Here is another tree with a nice crop of good looking apples. Winecrisp on G890 bought from Cummins in 2015.
aerospacefarmer
5 year old buck +
Harvested some honey crisp today mmmBowsnbucks
5 year old buck +
Aero - Are you selling any by the roadside ??
aerospacefarmer
5 year old buck +
Haven't yet and I am going out of country for 10 days so will put those HC's in storage until I get back and try to sell some. I think you can get 50 bucks or more per bushel of HC. I have a ton of Cortland ripening now and I just made some HC pure cider from the bruised and ugly ones. Man is it good especially in a martini lol. I have picked 4 but of HC so far and have another 10 or so still on trees but are bit smaller
chickenlittle
5 year old buck +
I should have taken some photos today at Cornell Orchards after having an appt in Ithaca. They had Zestar, Sweetango, Gala, Mac, Ginger Gold and Sansa for sale. I picked up some Zestar and Harrow Crisp pears and a T-shirt. They also had quite a few peaches too.
https://hort.cals.cornell.edu/about/facilities/cornell-orchards
https://hort.cals.cornell.edu/about/facilities/cornell-orchards
aerospacefarmer
5 year old buck +
Sure Here is one. It's on antonovka rootstock planted 2009 loaded with apples and the deer love em. And so do i
Charman03
5 year old buck +
Thanks aero. That tree looks great. Was hoping to see a full shot of the growth spread and limbs etc. all my enterprise have the same kind of look that's is different than most other trees, hard to describe it. It's weird how different varieties have such different growth patterns
chickenlittle
5 year old buck +
Birds and insects have been working on what I still have in the trees. Winecrisp aren't ripe yet but most apples have a big hole in them Hopefully still have a couple good ones to try in a couple weeks. I saw a Goldrush apple that was all hollowed out with yellow jacket working in it but not most were not damaged yet. A wickson crab was just a see through ring. Dolgo tree from Cummins mostly rotten and still hanging at the beginning of archery season.
Winecrisp apples
See through wickson crab
Goldrush on tree
Dolgo
Winecrisp apples
See through wickson crab
Goldrush on tree
Dolgo
aerospacefarmer
5 year old buck +
You need a better spray protocol chickenlittle
chickenlittle
5 year old buck +
Not really interested in a spraying program.
aerospacefarmer
5 year old buck +
Yes I see that lol
chickenlittle
5 year old buck +
Even if I were interested in spraying more, those trees are 90 miles from my house. They won't get any sustained babying. Just the occasional Sevin for aphids, Japanese beetles, or caterpillars.
aerospacefarmer
5 year old buck +
Even once or twice a month will improve fruit quality. My trees are 60 miles away and I probably averaged 2 1/2 times per month and even then you don't get 100% guarantee but it sure helps significantly and gets you healthier trees for the future if you prevent diseases and insect damage to the trees themselves. That is a good distance away so whatever works for you is great
Bowsnbucks
5 year old buck +
My trees at camp are 135 miles away. I try to get them sprayed every 2 to 3 weeks in the summer - bug spray only. I can't baby-sit them either. 95% of our trees are DR types to minimize disease problems and cut down spray regimens.
